Wt my mouth wide open, I watched 4 episodes of Indian Matchmaking as my dentist drilled my teeth. I was struck by how much its tropes resonate with the theories of lineage, kinship, & intermarriage I study in the early modern period. But also, the heteropatriarchy is a disease!
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Yes yes yes. And rampant colorism, too. It gives her a modicum of power by doing the patriarchy’s bidding. The moment I snapped was when she went to the face reader to “solve” the obstinacy of Aparna.
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I sent this clip to my therapist, my sisters, and my cousins because it hit so close to home.pic.twitter.com/rnStGBGspv
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I honestly couldn't get past even the first few minutes of the first episode.
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I was waiting for a feminist table turning, but sadly it didn’t come along.
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